January 2009

Stawberries and Bananas For Breakfast

January 31, 2009

This is one of those simple dishes that is not a recipe. It is so easy, so good, and so healthy. I had never had this before I got married, but my husbands family ate it all the time growing up. He loves having this with breakfast. My kids also really enjoy it, so I [...]

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Birthday Cake Idea

January 30, 2009

I asked my friend Faith to guest post today. Last year she made a birthday cake that I thought was a very creative idea, so I thought I would have her share it with you today. Faith has a great craft blog. She is way more creative and talented than I am when it comes [...]

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Cookie Cake

January 29, 2009

I really like the cookie cakes that you can buy at some stores and bakeries, but I do not like the price. I have always figured that I could make one just as good and it would be cheaper. This was not as easy as I had thought. The ones that you buy have just [...]

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Crockpot Roast

January 29, 2009

One of my favorite ways to cook cheap cuts of meat is using wine or beer to tenderize the meat. It does such a great job of tenderizing the meat. I have been using this trick for a long time. Not only does it tenderize it, it gives food an extra depth of flavor. It [...]

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Chex Muddy Buddies

January 28, 2009

I am not a fan of the traditional Chex Mix. I never have been. I just don’t like that taste of it. But I have heard a lot about a different kind of Chex snack. My sister first told me about this recipe. She said it was great. I also read about it on several [...]

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Ice Storm 2009

January 27, 2009

This is what I woke up to this morning. We are in the middle of an ice storm right now. The last two winters we have had ice storms. Oh the fun of living in Oklahoma in the winter. We had ice storms in January of 2007 and another one in December of 2007. Both [...]

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Stephanie’s Banana Bread

January 26, 2009

A friend of mine from Oregon told me about this new recipe for banana bread that her mom and her had been making. She said it was really good. I already have a banana bread recipe that I love, but I decided that her version sounded interesting. I got the recipe from her and gave [...]

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Prize Winning Cookies

January 25, 2009

My two main hobbies right now are cooking and blogging. Cooking is time consuming when you do as much of it as I do. I cook more than necessary. I love to bake and I bake way more then we eat. I end up giving a lot of my baked goods away. I love it, [...]

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Busy Week Menu

January 25, 2009

I am going to have a very busy two weeks. We are in the middle of moving my husband’s office to a new location. This is much more complicated than I realized. I have decided that moving a home full of stuff is much easier. When you are moving, you can pack some items ahead [...]